Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...crowed that this year's VORTEX season was composed entirely of new works. It's indicative of Cullum's fervor for material..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...England. Though it didn't originate there, it took hold of and thrived in the taverns and music halls of..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Platters

"...the reigning alt-country trend doesn't amount to a hill of beans. It's just a convenient way to snag well-deserved..."

July 11, 1997 Music Review

Five Texas Tales at Austin Film Festival

Stories inspired by and made in the Lone Star State

"...UT associate professor Cindy McCreery let the bizarre synchronicity of having her..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gang of Guerillas

"...Americans will pass through life without finding an apparition of the Virgin Mary in one of their tortillas. Just..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Books Review

Texas Platters

"...Every wimpy-ass electronic dance noise ever to come out of a synthesizer or a sequencer or a computer (think..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Music Review

Status of the Original

"...in 1984, and four years later, with the help of two business partners in Massachusetts, opened BookLab, a much..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Tales from the Valley

Author David Rice Interviewed

"...than you do about us." Rice is the author of Give the Pig a Chance, a collection of short..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland

Black Belt of the Rodeo

Paula Nelson will kick your ass

"...is guaranteed to be hairpin curves, roadblocks, and miles of open highway...."

Oct. 10, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Beware: Bigfoot Ahead

The homegrown horror of The Wild Man of Navidad

"...The novice in search of enlightenment studies at the feet of the master. The..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Day Trips

Captain Day Trips scares us with spooky stories of Texas.

"...Ghosts stories in Texas are as plentiful as creaking gates and moonless nights...."

Oct. 26, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...The tale of the headless horseman circulated the plains of Texas in..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Film News

Tall tales of the Texas film industry

"...Bigfoot lives! Or at least his scary Texas cousin does, in The Wild Man of the Navidad,..."

July 14, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

When the Sun Rises

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, a group of teenage filmmakers galvanize the tales of their island

"...The lobby of the Grand 1894 Opera House came to life with..."

June 5, 2009 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...festival confirmed it will close with the new adaptation of Stephen King's Pet Sematary...."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Believing the Children

In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution

"...It was the second day of what would be a six-day trial of Keller and..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

As Much Magic as Fact

In the month since the much-hyped publication of Stephen Harrigan's historical novel The Gates of the Alamo, a visible restructuring of the public notion of the fort has seized the imagination of Texas. Chronicle writer David Garza explains why.

"...our independence, and we've also called it the cradle of our liberty for years. But for all the rhetoric..."

March 24, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...big features like Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, the debut of Starz's American Gods adaptation, and documentaries on subjects from..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Out of Austin's primordial music past comes John Andrews with tales from the music hall of legends

"...and it's all guesswork. Living in the present is, of course, no less tricky. Maybe that's why I've always..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Working Beauty

In spinning a fairy tale of gifts, outsiders, and thorns, Bonnie Cullum's own story gets told

"...Bonnie Cullum probably envies Sleeping Beauty. The artistic director of the Vortex has had a very heavy week, laboring..."

March 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...If Texas is the state with the richest folk songwriting history,..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

A Bedtime Gorey

This view of an upper-crust world both morbid and lively should please die-hard and casual Gorey fans alike

"...making with the whimsical and creepy in the style of that late, lamented creator, the raccoon-coat-wearing fellow whose macabre..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Into the Abyss

In his latest documentary, Werner Herzog tackles the subject of the death penalty in Texas.

"...I'm not entirely sure what to make of Herzog's documentary about a 1991 triple homicide in rural..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips & Beyond: Two Travelogues

A couple of tales with ties to Austin

"...The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain by Bill Bryson Doubleday, 376..."

Feb. 24, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Chasing C. Robert Cargill's 'Dreams and Shadows'

AICN veteran on goblins, research, and if he's done with criticism

"...he really cut his writing teeth as Massawyrm, one of the defining writers at Ain't It Cool News...."

Feb. 28, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Gin And Condoms Everywhere

Memoirs of a Slam Poet

"...The National Poetry Slam is basically a giant carnival of sin and salvation. It brings out the best and..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature by Wammo

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...for this year's film festival, but the complete list of all the movies at this year's hybrid event. The..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Immigrants, the Musical! (Part Two)

With this improvised musical series, one family’s tale of coming to the states becomes a tale about us all

"...posed by Estevan J. Chuy Zarate in the performance of Immigrants, the Musical! (Part Two) on Nov. 16. As..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Whatever Now

A Report on Heather Woodbury on the Verge of Fame

"...which may whisk her away to a new level of recognition and appreciation...."

April 25, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Sxsw

"...person to do? Read the Chronicle's "Picks & Sleepers," of course, because herein are clues to nearly 300 bands..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

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